What Else Can Happen

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Last night I learned that the tenant in the other half of my new home, who is supposed to be out tomorrow, is in the hospital. A rehab hospital for alcohol abuse. His family will finish the job of moving him. He is twenty years old, has been living on his own since he was sixteen, but his family all seems very close. That is part of the situation. He is not drinking because he has to move.He was in the process of buying and renovating a house when we bought ours. He and his girl friend broke up two months ago. She got together with his best friend. Last week she overdosed on some kind of drugs, trying to kill herself, and it was stressing him. He began to drink heavily. In fact last weekend his friends went out drinking with him in the country, then abandoned him drunk. Some friends. He told his mom that there were some hours of this weekend he did not remember. He asked to be admitted to someplace to get help. Pretty mature decision for a twenty year old. In addition his grandfather, whom he is very close with, is seriously ill, possibly dying. It seemed like just too much. We hear about celebrities and near celebrities either abusing drugs and alcohol or killing themself. Life just gets to feeling too overwhelming. This young man decided he had a problem and is getting some help, of his own choice. His mom says that the rehab hospital was surprised that he made this choice, and that he is not in any legal trouble yet. He seems to be getting help soon enough. Perhaps he will be saved.